– TAV // Essential Listening –

Later known as Hoodoo Fushimi, Japanese electro funk trailblazer Minoru first rose toprominence in 1985 with this mind-blowing homemade release. Written and composed afterlong days of teaching high school classes in Kanagawa, Fushimi channelled his off-kiltercreativity into his nocturnal music-making experimentation. The result was a radical, DIYsingularity – filled with unique shamisen riffs, chromatic synths, bluesy funk, glorious guitarshredding and peculiarly pitched speak-singing vocals. Produced, designed, illustrated anddistributed by Fushimi himself, this surreptitious rarity also comes with a four-page, handcraftedcomic book insert (with English translations of course)! Thanatos of Funk is truly the
quintessential album for the leftfield spirit of the Japanese underground.

Genre: Electronic, Funk, Electro, Experimental

[Reissue available since: 2020 (Original Release: 1985), 1LP, 180g Records]

Label: 180g – 180GRELP02 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 2022 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues Style: Electro, Funk, Experimental